jjjjjjjj wrote:
3:28.81 off a 3:33 pr prior to the race indicates that Mo's not scratched the surface of his potential times in the 3k/5k/10k. He should have gotten into a 3k last year, where low 7:20s was surely possible with a good pacer. He finally got that in his 1500m. He's not gotten that yet at 5000m, because no one's been willing to be the sacrificial lamb. And in his half marathon, Mo was just running for the sit and kick as always and the fans had pretty much cut out most of the passing room when he tried to pass Bekele. He didn't make excuses but at Great North it looked to me like he couldn't get by when he made his move and then he was spent after that.
No one? He coulda run Paris last year. I think Gebremeskel woulda hammered Mo in that race. But then Geb shoulda hammered him in London, but ran such a poor tactical race, there's no telling.
Regardless of his fitness and sheer physical ability, Mo does run a slid tactical race .... Excepting his last one, of course.